8. NEPHELINE

8

NEPHELINE

Waking up into an unexpected puppy pile is my favorite. Unfortunately, even with Remi lightly sucking on my bond mark, I'm still anxious about my first council meeting. I slowly sit up, Remi's eyes opening to see what's wrong. His lips turn down in the most adorable pout that I have to kiss before I look around and notice that I'm now in the living room.

How I didn't notice one of my Alphas transporting me to a different room? I have no idea.

It's still a little strange that I draw comfort from a scent I haven't been around for years, maybe even decades but my Alphas haven't commented on it. In fact, other than cleaning me up, the torn fabrics are still lining the edge of my nest, complimenting my Alphas' scents. My chest constricts almost painfully, knowing that he's just outside of my reach and in Calista's claws.

Not for long, hopefully.

I crawl from between my Alphas and over to Maverick who is sitting at the edge of my nest, the closest he's ever been. I take it as a sign of growth, that he's slowly opening his heart to what this life could be. A smile plays on his lips as I situate myself in his lap and draw his arms around my stomach. That's when I notice just how my Alphas are positioned. Asani was on the other side of Remi, his arm draped over the little Alpha's stomach.

But it's the other two that immediately draw my attention. River's lips are parted in ecstasy, Mateo's hand wrapped around the man's cock while the pack Alpha's hips snap against River's. Heat creeps into my face and slowly spreads down my spine as I watch. Ever since I came into the picture, each and every one of my Alphas has focused on me. Sometimes I wondered if I had wedged myself into relationships that didn't previously include me but I'm beginning to see that it's just the way of the world.

I am their Omega.

But that doesn't take away from what they have with each other.

A gasp falls from my lips as I continue to watch, squirming in Maverick's lap when Mateo's purr begins. The rumbling sound of satisfaction fills the room, the freeing feeling of magic sweeping through me. My back arches forward as Maverick moves a hand up my stomach to cup my breast. His fingers brush over Remi's bite pulling a moan from my throat.

Suddenly, everyone's attention is on me, even River half-asleep and fucked out of his mind. Maverick lowers his lips to my shoulder, playing over another bite as his hands continue to roam. My body heats beneath his attention and four pairs of eyes watching me respond to the Alpha who hasn't yet joined in on any of the activities.

"Maverick, you don't need to prove anything," I whisper. Forcing him before he's ready is the last thing I want to do but he just shakes his head, his lips traveling up to my ear.

"Kitten, I know. But your Alphas are very pretty. Very enticing. It's hard not to get swept up in the same haze when you're between them. Even more so when your scent sweetens until it's just this heavy syrup dragging us in." One of his hands dips between my legs, two fingers swiping through my folds. A gush of slick coats them as I wiggle in his grip. "I want them to see you fall apart with my fingers inside you, kitten."

My face warms as he stuffs those two fingers inside of me and I grasp his arm in shock. A mixture of purrs and growls reverberate through the room as their scents thicken. Maverick picks up a slow, torturous pace as his other hand continues to finger Remi's bite. Asani is sitting up, fisting his cock at the same pace as Remi lazily watches me succumb to my own pleasure.

River's hands are curled into the blankets as Mateo continues to fuck him, his hips snapping harder with each thrust until the grunts and groans filling my nest have me whining for my own release.

"Patience, kitten. Look at them. All of them. How they're watching you, how they're following what you need. Give them what they're craving, Nepheline."

My body jerks forward when Maverick pinches my clit, another gush of slick coating the inside of my thighs and his pants. I'm too high on pheromones and desire to feel embarrassed as a scream tears from my throat, pleasure spreading through me. My hips rock against his fingers greedily, trying to suck them farther in. My Omega wants a knot but we don't have time for that shit.

Maverick kisses my ear, still pumping those fingers into my pussy as I watch my Alphas give in to their own pleasure as well. Remi is all too excited to clean Asani up as Mateo growls through his release. River goes limp in his Alpha's arms, coating my sheets with several ropes of cum that will require my nest to be replaced.

As much as I enjoy their scents, I don't like crusty sheets.

I lean back against Maverick as he pulls out his fingers, my release and slick covering his entire hand. Remi is there in the next second, sucking every last digit into his mouth but his eyes aren't on me. They're on the Alpha holding me. Maverick's cock thickens against my ass and I realize that I'm not the only one he wants.

Twisting around, I place a small kiss on Maverick's jaw. "This was okay? It wasn't too much."

"Having you in my arms is never too much, Nepheline." I frown and he just shakes his head. "I wouldn't have participated if I didn't want to. Although, I think your Alpha will eat my arm if you don't tell him to stop."

Remi giggles as he sits back, Maverick's fingers falling from his lips with a pop. "Her taste is addicting. Next time, maybe Maverick will have his head between your legs and then he'll understand why it's my favorite place."

And that's my queue to get up if we don't want to miss the council meeting.

I glance around the living room and frown when my gaze catches on the clock at the entrance to the living room. We have ten minutes before Calista may very well start the council meeting without us and that can't happen. Clearing my throat, I jump to my feet, groaning when I feel my thighs rub together with a mass of slick. That won't ever be a feeling I get used to.

"We need showers and clothes." I wobble to the entrance of the living room, only to look back at my Alphas sharing an impromptu game of rock, paper, scissors. Before I can even tell them how childish they are, River jumps to his feet and grabs me around the waist to haul me into the bathroom. "A bunch of children. That's what you are."

"It's not childish if I won, sweetie."